John Mattone is known throughout the Fortune 500 as a cutting-edge thinker in the areas of leadership and talent management. He is recognized by the Thinkers50 as one of the world's leading management thinkers and by Leadership Excellence Magazine as one of the top independent leadership consultants, executive coaches and speakers in the world. His work is featured in The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, The Huffington Post, CEO Magazine, CLO Magazine, CIO Magazine, and other respected global news outlets. He is a trusted advisor and coach to some of the world's leading organizations and brands including The CIA, The EPA, FedEx, AgFirst Farm Credit Bank, KPMG, Columbia University, and Navy Federal Credit Union.

John is President of JohnMattonePartners, Inc., a global leadership consulting firm that specializes in executive assessment, development, and coaching. He is an acknowledged world leader in these fields.

John is a powerful keynote and session presenter, delivering practical, content-rich, research-based programs that immediately engage his audience. He has addressed more than 500,000 people in over 2000 speeches and seminars throughout the USA, Canada and around the world. John has over 30 years' experience in the fields of leadership development and human capital management, as an entrepreneur who has built two successful leadership consulting firms, and as executive of a multi-million dollar consulting firm.

John is a prolific author having written seven books as well as over 100 professional articles and book chapters. John's two new best-selling books, entitled "Talent Leadership: A Proven Method for Identifying & Developing High-Potential Employees" and "Intelligent Leadership: What You Need to Know to Unlock Your Full Potential" have been heralded by leading experts, CEOs and HR leaders as "groundbreaking and innovative". The Foreword to Intelligent Leadership is written by Marshall Goldsmith, the world's most influential leadership thinker, who says: "Through countless interviews, extensive global travel, and years of consulting and Thursday, May-30-13coaching hundreds of organizations and leaders, John Mattone has developed a fool-proof method for identifying and developing leaders and prospective leaders.

In his new book, John shares knowledge that took him three decades to amass. How fortunate we are that we can benefit from his wisdom."

John holds a B.S. Degree in Management and Organizational Behavior from Babson College and an M.S. Degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Central Florida. John serves as an Executive MBA faculty member at Florida Atlantic University where he teaches his popular course Global Leadership Assessment & Development. He is an adjunct faculty member at the Owen School of Management at Vanderbilt University. John serves as a Senior Talent Management Consultant and Master Executive Coach for Executive Development Associates (where he also served as President) and as a Senior Faculty Member
with the Talent Management Academy, a worldwide leader in leadership conferences and education. John is a member of numerous professional associations including the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and is certified as a Master Corporate Executive Coach (MCEC) by the Association of Corporate Executive Coaches.

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